When most people look to lose weight they use either diet or exercise rather than both combined. The fact is that the very best and most effective way to lose weight is by combining the two in lesser proportions. A moderate diet and a little exercise is always going to work better than an extreme version of either on its own!
One of the most important things you’ll need to do when you first decide to start losing weight is picking a goal. It’s all very well and good to say you’ll just lose some but in terms of achievement what does that mean? It can be hard to find motivation in weight loss and if you don’t have a clearly defined goal it might well feel like you’re not really going anywhere. A clear goal and careful monitoring of your process towards that goal is imperative for your own motivation!
Say you want to lose 10 pounds, how much exercise and dieting would you need to do to lose that? It can be very tricky to say for sure for everyone but burning off around 3,500 calories should lose you around one pound. So, 35,000 will be enough to lose your ten pounds. You can get rid of these calories either through exercise or dieting, it doesn’t matter. What’s important is that you do lose them, when you do you’ll start to feel the difference!